diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/base b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/base
index 0d4eda97b..d479fd574 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/base
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/base
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@
   @{sys}/devices/system/cpu/online r,
   @{sys}/devices/system/cpu/possible r,
 
+  # transparent hugepage support
+  @{sys}/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/hpage_pmd_size r,
+
   # glibc's *printf protections read the maps file
   @{PROC}/@{pid}/{maps,auxv,status} r,